Good News

Following is a post published by Mr. Prakash Pawar who has been working for tiger conservation for several years in an orkut community.

Sahyadri Tiger Reserve.
Four districts namely Ratnagiri in Konkan, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur in upper region of Maharashtra has been declared as Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. This demand has been fulfilled by Central Government after two years long wait. Above mentioned four districts consists of 180 villages out of which forty one villages are from Ratnagiri district in
Konkan.This Tiger Project has total area of 1627 Sq,Km. of which 629 Sq.Km is part of Koyana and Chandoli Sanctuary which also is part of project. According to last census nine tigers were counted in the region besides numbers of leopards, bears and bisons.

This is really a good news for all wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers.

Dudhsagar Day-2

We left Sonaulim in the early morning as we had to reach our destination as soon as possible. It was around 5 kms. more. We walked and finally reached the spot where we were supposed to stay on the previous day - The Dudhsagar viewpoint.

The Milk Sea was looking as beautiful and fresh as ever.Parag sir lit a 'chool' over there and prepared the tea.

The Milk Sea in its full Glory

We enjoyed the beauty of Dudhsagar while taking the sips.We climbed up till Dudhsagar and explored the area.

A Mushroom



Xyleria (Dead man's Fingers)



Another species of Xyleria



Nephrolepis (Fern)




Plane



Malabar Torrent Dart (Male)

The first and only mammal sighting was over there. We saw around a dozen of bonnet macaques(Macaca radiata). Some on huge rocks and some, walking skillfully on the railway track.

We also spotted a monitor lizard.
It was already time, and we decided to come back by train. We finally got the train after waiting for around 2 hours.It was a carriage train and it was fun travelling on it standing outside.Finally we reached Collem and drove back home in the car.Our Dudhsagar expedition was successful.